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One in every home, Hilary Stace
The Raupo Dictionary of Modern Maori P M Ryan Raupo, $60.00, ISBN 9780143567899 Every household and office in Aotearoa New Zealand will have times when they need an easy-to-use Maori dictionary. As more te reo words and phrases drift into…
Tagged with: Autumn 2013, Hilary Stace, Issue 101, P M Ryan, Raupo
Posted in Language, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Language, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Acts of God and government, Brian Easton
The Christchurch Fiasco: The Insurance Aftershock and its Implications for New Zealand and Beyond Sarah Miles Dunmore Publishing, $38.00, ISBN 9781927212035 Given New Zealand’s reputation as The Shaky Isles, together with its accompanying history of deluges, hurricanes, landslips, tsunamis and…
Tagged with: Autumn 2013, Brian Easton, Dunmore Publishing, Issue 101, Sarah Miles
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Nothing sacred, Christine Johnston
Risk C K Stead MacLehose Press, $30.00, ISBN 9780857052230 C K Stead is a towering figure in New Zealand writing – a distinguished novelist, literary critic, poet, essayist and emeritus professor of English of the University of Auckland. He has…
Tagged with: Autumn 2013, C K Stead, Christine Johnston, Issue 101, MacLehose Press
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
A rowdy lot, Julia Millen
Convicts: New Zealand’s Hidden Criminal Past Matthew Wright Penguin, $40.00, ISBN 9780143567646 We New Zealanders have always been complacent, even smug, about our nation’s origins. Unlike our nearest, much bigger, neighbour, New Zealand was never a penal colony, having been…
Tagged with: Autumn 2013, Issue 101, Julia Millen, Matthew Wright, Penguin
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
No proof of innocence, W K Hastings
Trial by Ambush: The Prosecutions of David Bain Joe Karam HarperCollins, $45.00, ISBN 9781869508340 I am reasonably new to the criminal justice system, having been appointed a judge in 2010, and seem to be one of the few people in…
Tagged with: Autumn 2013, David Bain, HarperCollins, Issue 101, Joe Karam, W K (Bill) Hastings
Posted in History, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Issue 101 | Autumn 2013
Volume 23 | Number 1 | Issue 101 | Autumn 2013 Letters John McCrystal: Charlotte Grimshaw, Soon Chris Else: Jane Stafford and Mark Williams (eds), The Auckland University Press Anthology of New Zealand Literature Murray Bramwell: Nicholas Reid,…
No getting away from the man, Linda Burgess
Civilisation: Twenty Places on the Edge of the World Steve Braunias Awa Press, $36.00, ISBN 9781877551352 Steve Braunias is one of our very best writers. How does he do it, wonders the reviewer, as within a sentence Braunias moves from…
Tagged with: Autumn 2013, Awa Press, Issue 101, Linda Burgess, Steve Braunias
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Moving the world along, Mark Houlahan
These Rough Notes Bill Manhire, Anne Noble, Norman Meehan, Hannah Griffin Victoria University Press, $40.00, ISBN 9780864738318 Selected Poems Bill Manhire Victoria University Press, $35.00, ISBN 9780864737625 “In the future,” Bill Manhire predicts, while introducing his sweeping 2005 anthology of…
Tagged with: Anne Noble, Autumn 2013, Bill Manhire, Hannah Griffin, Issue 101, Mark Houlahan, Norman Meehan, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Photography, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Photography, Poetry, Review
More pork and potatoes, anyone? John O’Leary
Poenamo Revisited John Logan Campbell (essay and notes by R C J Stone) Godwit, $60.00, ISBN 9781869797980 Most New Zealanders – even those living south of the Bombay Hills – have heard of John Logan Campbell, the Father of Auckland,…
Tagged with: Autumn 2013, Godwit, Issue 101, John Logan Campbell, John O’Leary, R C J Stone
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Magnificent obsession, Spiro Zavos
Graham Henry: Final Word Bob Howitt HarperCollins, $50.00, ISBN 9781869509736 Here is an heroic assertion. Graham Henry is the greatest coach in the history of rugby. His rivals for this title include Danie Craven, Carwyn James, Fred Allen and, possibly,…
Tagged with: Autumn 2013, Bob Howitt, Graham Henry, HarperCollins, Issue 101, Spiro Zavos
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review, Sport